3355.05
Managing authority of district.

The legislative authority of the municipal corporation, or the
board or boards of county commissioners, or the university branch district
board of trustees when appointed by the legislative authority of the municipal
corporation or board or boards of county commissioners shall be the managing
authority of the university branch district. Such authority shall annually
select by majority vote during the first week in January one of its members to
be chairman and another to be vice-chairman. The chairman and vice-chairman
shall serve for a term of one year or until their successors are selected and
qualified. Should either the office of chairman or vice-chairman become vacant
due to death, resignation, or incapacity, the remaining members of such
managing authority shall select a successor. In the absence of the chairman,
the vice-chairman shall act as presiding officer. Within thirty days after the
creation of the university branch district, the chairman and vice-chairman of
the university branch district managing authority shall be selected and they
shall serve until the first week in January of the year next succeeding or
until their successors are selected and qualified.